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Sanremo Rally : 20 September 2002
2002-09-20 - By Philip Byrne
Frenchman Gilles Panizzi has grabbed the lead of the 11th round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Rallye Sanremo, which started in earnest in northern Italy today.
Panizzi, who is aiming for a third successive victory on the event, took over the top spot after two of today's eight stages and a string of fastest times moved his Peugeot 206 WRC into a 23-second lead by the end of the day's action.
Panizzi's closest rivals have all been in French machinery - his nearest challenger is Philippe Bugalski's privately-run Citroen Xsara, while his Peugeot team-mates Marcus Grönholm and Richard Burns are closely matched as they fight for third. The Finn inched clear of the Briton on today's closing stage.
RALLY STATISTICS
STARTERS: 53 crews (52 Group A and 1 Group N) started this morning.
RETIREMENTS: Schwarz (D), Sainz (E), Makinen and 6 other drivers
TODAY:
Friday 20 September
The second part of Leg 1 started from Sanremo at 06h00 and covered 538.88km, including 147.25km on eight special stages.
TOMORROW:
Saturday 21 September
Leg 2 starts from Sanremo at 06h00 and covers 520.83km, including 150.57km on six special stages. The first car is expected to arrive in Sanremo at 20h01.
WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy, with possible showers
SS1 PASSO TEGLIA 1 (14.44km)
1 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 10m 23.5
1 Bugalski (F) Citroen 10m 24.3
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 10m 26.3
SS2 PASSO DREGO 1 (26.46km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 17m 41.9
2 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 17m 45.6
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 17m 46.6
LEADERS AFTER SS2
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 28m 08.5
2 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 28m 09.1
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 28m 12.9
SS3 GHIMBEGNA 1 (10.44km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 6m 38.4
2 Burns (GB) Peugeot 6m 40.4
3 Solberg (N) Subaru 6m 41.1
LEADERS AFTER SS3
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 34m 47.4
2 Burns (GB) Peugeot 34m 53.3
3 Bugalski (F) Citroen 34m 55.2
SS4 COSIO 1 (19.19km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 12m 13.0
2 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 12m 14.4
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 12m 16.0
LEADERS AFTER SS4
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 47m 00.4
2 Burns (GB) Peugeot 47m 09.3
3 Bugalski (F) Citroen 47m 12.5
SS5 SAN BARTOLOMEO 1 (25.38km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 15m 03.7
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 15m 05.0
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 15m 09.8
LEADERS AFTER SS5
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 1h 02m 04.1
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 1h 02m 17.5
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 1h 02m 19.1
SS6 PASSO TEGLIA 2 (14.44km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 10m 19.4
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 10m 19.7
3 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 10m 22.5
LEADERS AFTER SS6
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 1h 12m 23.5
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 1h 12m 37.2
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 1h 12m 47.9
SS7 PASSO DREGO 2 (26.46km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 17m 30.0
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 17m 33.6
3 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 17m 35.1
LEADERS AFTER SS7
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 1h 29m 53.5
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 1h 30m 10.8
3 Burns (GB) Peugeot 1h 30m 30.5
SS8 GHIMBEGNA 2 (10.44km)
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 6m 40.4
2 Grönholm (FIN) Peugeot 6m 41.6
3 Martin (EE) Ford 6m 42.8
LEADERS AFTER SS8
1 Panizzi (F) Peugeot 1h 36m 33.9
2 Bugalski (F) Citroen 22.8
3 Gronholm (FIN) Peugeot 39.0
4 Burns (GB) Peugeot 42.2
5 Martin (EE) Ford 1m 02.8
6 Puras (E) Citroen 1m 04.7
7 Solberg (N) Subaru 1m 12.4
8 Robert (F) Peugeot 1m 32.2
9 Loix (B) Hyundai 2m 09.0
10 C.McRae (GB) Ford 2m 25.2
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